{"id":2752,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:14","latitude":45.6618134705807534601262887008488178253173828125,"longitude":-110.5619847893649563275175751186907291412353515625,"title":"Livingston First National Bank / Masonic Building","subtitle":"Livingston Commercial Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/11f41adf93b094d9ad60f6b462c52d61.jpg","address":"119 West Park Street, Livingston, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The solid massing of this building follows a long Masonic tradition of erecting lodges whose size and bulk symbolize the permanency and stability of Masonry itself. Seemingly a colossal white stucco box, the building is actually comprised of three earlier structures: The First National Bank and the Fogarty Block (both built by real estate speculators in 1884) and a substantial rear addition constructed by the Masons in 1903. A 1954 renovation tied all three structures together by infilling windows and stuccoing the main façades, giving the edifice a striking, mid-century Modern appearance. On North Second Street, a large decorative panel reflects Masonic symbolism and rituals with its etched scenes of Egyptian builders, architectural elements, and hieroglyphs. Livingston Lodge #32, which organized in 1883 and was chartered in 1885, has met in the bank building since 1890. Since the 1903 expansion, which added a banquet room and two-hundred-seat meeting room, other organizations also met here, including the Elks, Eagles, Odd Fellows, and many trade unions. Businesses renting first-floor commercial space included Tolhurst Taxidermy—“Taxidermist for the tourist”—and Western Union.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/96e50ee5-0e9d-426d-bf11-1abcc627232f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Livingston Commercial Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/65aaa90a-8be8-4e6b-a37a-406e8bf2de00/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Livingston Commercial Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/11f41adf93b094d9ad60f6b462c52d61.jpg":{"id":1972,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"130 N. 2nd St., Livingston","description":"Masonic Temple/First National Bank building | Sept 2019 | John Luther","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/11f41adf93b094d9ad60f6b462c52d61.jpg"}}}